<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a direct correlation between the number of people employed at the paper mill and our income tax. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42115]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a direct correlation between the number of people employed at the paper mill and our income tax.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that endures is not overcome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49335]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that endures is not overcome.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Staying up all night is a waste of sleeping, and a waste of sleeping is a waste of dreaming, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Staying up all night is a waste of sleeping, and a waste of sleeping is a waste of dreaming, and dreaming is important because the more dreams you have, the better chance you have of one coming true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885   In our Ashrams of East ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8109]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885   In our Ashrams of East and West, places of spiritual retreat, we begin with what we call "The Morning of the Open Heart", in which we tell our needs... We give four or five hours to this catharsis. The reaction of one member, who listened to it for the first time, was: "Good gracious, have we all the disrupted people in the country here?" My reply was: "No, you have a cross section of the church life honestly revealed." In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13849]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65849]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listento you if you can make a statement ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22116]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listento you if you can make a statement whereby their response is, "NoShit!" or at least, "No kidding!".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20477]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alan Greenspan has probably been a key player in more Republican presidential campaigns and Republican party platforms and Republican administrations ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alan Greenspan has probably been a key player in more Republican presidential campaigns and Republican party platforms and Republican administrations than any other economist in the country. He's a wonderful politician.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of All Saints  What changed these very ordinary men (who were such cowards that they did not dare ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of All Saints  What changed these very ordinary men (who were such cowards that they did not dare stand too near the cross in case they got involved) into heroes who would stop at nothing? A swindle? Hallucination? Spooky nonsense in a darkened room? Or Somebody quietly doing what He said He'd do -- walk right through death? What do YOU think?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The press was doing its job, and in doing its job, they saw this clash between what they were witnessing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39844]]></link><description><![CDATA[The press was doing its job, and in doing its job, they saw this clash between what they were witnessing with their own eyes and what officials were telling them,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no hospitality like understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19851]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no hospitality like understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53710]]></link><description><![CDATA[In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Iranians were just jumping on the bandwagon. They want to galvanize people, keep them focused on an anti-Western agenda. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28952]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Iranians were just jumping on the bandwagon. They want to galvanize people, keep them focused on an anti-Western agenda.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In some years, we see the boating season just being delayed, and they might be able to make it up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34135]]></link><description><![CDATA[In some years, we see the boating season just being delayed, and they might be able to make it up later in the year. Based on the tone of the last earnings call, I?m not expecting to see a spike for them in the third quarter. The next big question is: What is 2006 going to look like in terms of how the boating season shapes up and how successful will these new initiatives be that the management is waiting on?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Japanese economy is turning around, as evidenced by the machine tool orders. If signs of growth in the economy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30651]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Japanese economy is turning around, as evidenced by the machine tool orders. If signs of growth in the economy continue, eventually they (Japan) will depart from the zero interest rate policy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.) [Lat., Ne laterum laves.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.) [Lat., Ne laterum laves.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16014]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let nothing pass which will advantage you; Hairy in front, Occasion's bald behind.  [Lat., Rem tibi quam nosces aptam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let nothing pass which will advantage you; Hairy in front, Occasion's bald behind.  [Lat., Rem tibi quam nosces aptam dimittere noli;   Fronte capillata, post est occasio calva.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. -James Baldwin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13585]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. -James Baldwin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The face, not the woman is the attraction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50495]]></link><description><![CDATA[The face, not the woman is the attraction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, "What's mine is mine and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44353]]></link><description><![CDATA[The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, "What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51524]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5225]]></link><description><![CDATA[The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For to give is the business of the rich. [Lat., Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17438]]></link><description><![CDATA[For to give is the business of the rich. [Lat., Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Houses that are priced right are still selling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Houses that are priced right are still selling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman may develop wrinkles and cellulite, lose her waistline, her bustline, her ability to bear a child, even her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15571]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman may develop wrinkles and cellulite, lose her waistline, her bustline, her ability to bear a child, even her sense of humor, but none of that implies a loss of her sexuality, her femininity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47992]]></link><description><![CDATA[My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After I left that, I wanted to continue programming films, so I started the Jewish film festival. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39226]]></link><description><![CDATA[After I left that, I wanted to continue programming films, so I started the Jewish film festival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis pleasant purchasing our fellow-creatures; And all are to be sold, if you consider  Their passions, and are dext'rous; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4899]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis pleasant purchasing our fellow-creatures; And all are to be sold, if you consider  Their passions, and are dext'rous; some by features   Are brought up, others by a warlike leader;    Some by a place--as tend their years or natures;     The most by ready cash--but all have prices,      From crowns to kicks, according to their vices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66541]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambiguity is the devil's volleyball. Emo Phillips  If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you it's quite conscious. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambiguity is the devil's volleyball. Emo Phillips  If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you it's quite conscious. •Kingman Brewster, Jr.   I fear explanations explanatory of things explained. •Abraham Lincoln   Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. •Gilda Radner   Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the nice bee, what sense so subtly true From pois'nous herbs extracts the healing dew? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3910]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the nice bee, what sense so subtly true From pois'nous herbs extracts the healing dew?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overall, you have a very technical market pushing us to historical highs because once people got a feel for these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Overall, you have a very technical market pushing us to historical highs because once people got a feel for these higher levels, it has been an easy push to the upside and has been helped by lack of liquidity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is the deliberate adjustment of my life to the will of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is the deliberate adjustment of my life to the will of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot take solace from these figures as the upward revision to the core PCE deflator takes the year-on-year rate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32933]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot take solace from these figures as the upward revision to the core PCE deflator takes the year-on-year rate to 1.9 percent, up against the Fed's outer boundary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience means restraining one's inclinations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience means restraining one's inclinations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They said they were holding him and they would destroy him if I don't cooperate with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40732]]></link><description><![CDATA[They said they were holding him and they would destroy him if I don't cooperate with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peter is a smart player. He can read the play and he doesn't have to run from one corner to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peter is a smart player. He can read the play and he doesn't have to run from one corner to the other. He always seems to be in good position. He's a guy who would rather pass than shoot. He's done exactly what I thought he would.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9170]]></link><description><![CDATA[The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater burden can be borne by an individual than to know no one cares or understands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15895]]></link><description><![CDATA[When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything As You Like It, where rain never wets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2172]]></link><description><![CDATA[And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything As You Like It, where rain never wets your jacket and gnats never bite your nose and it's always daisy-time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2172</guid></item></channel></rss>